Do the SNP's manifesto sums add up?
by Larry Elliott economics editor from on (#7DTN)
The Scottish National party makes some heroic assumptions about the economy's potential to grow its way back to financial good health
The SNP manifesto offers everything Labour is offering, plus a bit more, but without the nasty bits. The minimum wage goes up, the NHS budget is increased by 9.5bn a year in real terms, 100,000 homes are built across the UK, public spending goes up by an inflation-adjusted 0.5% a year.
This is what those on the left of the Labour party wish Ed Miliband was offering. What's more, the package offered up by Nicola Sturgeon comes without the spending cuts Labour says are needed to balance the books.
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